Fishing Collection (page 64)

Oratas Fish Farm
Sergius Orata demonstrates his artificial preserves for sea- fish - illustration to Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta Memorabilia, done in France about 1475

Angler on Riverbank
An angler on the bank of a river

France / Boulogne Harbour
A fishing vessel entering the harbour

Successful Angler
An angler contemplates the fish he has just caught from the stream : his catch contemplates him back, with a fishy stare

Japan Tries to Hook
European intervention stops Japan from hooking Korea. Korea, then a Chinese fiefdom, had been invaded by Japan, but gained independence in the Treaty of Shimonoseki

Norwegian Fishing Boat
Norwegian fishing boat with a whale

Columbus / De Brij / Cuba
Columbus ships approach Cuba where the natives are fishing for turtles

Putting Back Caught Fish
A little boy with his father empty their jam jar of fish back into the river

Children Fish in Stream
A group of children fishing with nets in a country stream. Some of them wade into the water to get further and deeper out

Children Fish in Stream
A group of children fishing with nets in a country stream. Some of them stand on rocks in the water to get further and deeper out

Children Fish with Nets
A group of children fishing from a jetty

Children Catch Tiddlers
Boys in their school uniform inspect their jam jar full of little fish

Children Catch Tiddlers
Boys in their school uniform inspect their jam jar full of little fish. They are obviously pleased with the days catch

Pearl Fishing / 1870
Fishing for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Native divers hold their breath and drop down to the sea bed on lines

Pearl Fishing / Australia
Fishing for pearls in the Torres Straits, Australia

Landing Fish, North Sea
Landing the days catch at a North Sea fishing port

Spanish Fishermen
Fishermen of Andalucia salt and pack their catch in barrels

Fishing Village 1940S
A corner of Mevagissey harbour, a typical Cornish fishing village. Here the crew of one of the smacks are busy baiting the long fishing lines. A well-dressed man watches them

Possons D avril
This handsome couple have been fishing, but not for ordinary fish, for today is April 1st, and what they have caught are POISSONS D AVRIL - the traditional April 1 joke

Italy / Cetara 1904
Cetara: fishing boats

London Bridge / 1832
with fishing boats and fishermen, viewed from Billingsgate at low water

Thames / Hampton C1890
The Thames at Hampton

Netherlands Types
Men, women and children of a Dutch fishing community : note the wooden pram

Children Fishing / Liebig
Children fishing in a stream: all they have caught so far is an old boot

Repairing Fishing Boat
Two fishermen repair their boat on the beach

Liner and Fishing Boats
When fog reduces visibility, a transatlantic liner runs down a group of fishing boats

Racial / Greenland C1850
Natives of Greenland

Indian Exhibit / C. Palace
Models of Ships in the Indian exhibit

Racial / Japan / Fisherwomen
Two Japanese fisherwomen

Racial / Chippeway Fishing
Chippeways fishing in the rapids near Sault Sainte Marie

Spain / Cordoba / Alcazar
Cordoba: the Great Mosque and Alcazar (dungeon of the Inquisition) on the Guadalquivir

Turkey / Dardanelles 6 / 6
Dardanelles: Kale Sultanieh, with fishing boats

Children with Poissons
French children fishing for poissons d Avril - their equivalent of an April Fool joke

God Bringing Riches
T IEN-KOAN is a divinity who brings good fortune : here he appears in a cloud, to guide a fortunate couple to haul up a catch of treasure in their fishing net

France / Gravelines
A fishing port in northwest France, near Dunkerque

Eskimos Return Home
Eskimos returning home after a fishing expedition

Fishing for Seal
Fishing for seal through the ice

Lear / Nonsense / Marseilles
There was an Old Man of Marseilles, whose daughters wore bottle-green veils: They caught several fish, which they put in a dish, And sent to their Pa at Marseilles

Cornish Fishing Boats
Fishing boats leaving the harbour at Looe, Cornwall

Fishing Fleet in Storm
When a fishing fleet is caught in a severe storm, the vessels that survive pick up the crews of those which are destroyed

Boy Fishing / Riverbank
Young lad sitting alone fishing

Children Fishing / 1889
Four children out fishing in a stream

Boys Tadpoling / 1930S
Boys Tadpoling

Salmon Fishing / Scotland
Salmon Fishing, Scotland

Trout Fishing / Hampshire
Trout fishing on the Itchen, Hampshire

Sydney Charles Buxton / Vf
SYDNEY CHARLES BUXTON The Post-Master General enjoying a spot of fly fishing

Young Boys out Fishing
Waiting for a Bite Three little boys out fishing

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